Vampires in Gothic Literature
You're Dead to Me
BBC
4.7 • 11.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Host Greg Jenner is joined by Dr Corin Throsby and Comedian Ed Gamble to look at the role and development of vampire characters throughout 19th century Gothic literature and its continuing effect on pop culture today. Which vampire character is based on infamous bad boy Lord Byron? Who was the first vampire character to have fangs? And in case you ever need to know, just how many ways are there to kill a vampire?
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:04.4 | Hello and welcome to your Dead To Me, a history podcast for everyone, for people who |
| 0:09.5 | don't like history, people who do like history and people who forgot to learn any at school. |
| 0:13.8 | My name is Greg Jenner, I'm a public historian, author and broadcaster, I'm the chief nerd |
| 0:18.1 | on the BBC comedy show Horrible Histories and you might have heard my other podcast, |
| 0:21.5 | Home School History, but that one's mostly for the kids. |
| 0:24.1 | On this podcast, we're all about finding the geeky giggles, with our signature blend |
| 0:28.0 | of comedians and brainiacs. |
| 0:29.8 | And today we are sinking our teeth into the gorgeously gothic explosion of vampire literature |
| 0:34.9 | in 19th century Europe, yummy. |
| 0:37.6 | And to do that, I'm joined by two very special guests. |
| 0:40.5 | In History Corner, she's a writer, broadcaster and expert on romantic literature and early |
| 0:45.2 | celebrity culture, she's a BBC new generation thinker and she presents the literary pursuit |
| 0:49.9 | show on BBC Radio 3. |
| 0:51.5 | It's one of your Dead To Me's best pals, it's Dr. Corinne Throsby, hi, Corinne, how |
| 0:55.4 | are you? |
| 0:56.6 | I've actually been sleeping in a coffin full of earth since I last saw you Greg, but |
| 1:01.6 | I've been waiting for this moment and it's great to be back, I'm really thrilled to be here. |
| 1:06.0 | You've risen from the dead and we have to shut all the curtains to make sure the sun |
| 1:09.6 | doesn't burn your skin. |
| 1:11.1 | It's very delighted to have you back. |
| 1:12.2 | Last time we heard he was on the Mary Shelley episode as well and this is sort of gothic |
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